Hi just popping in to tell BIWI that I have lost 8 lbs since starting this WOE inspired by reading these threads.Thanks for the help at the start BIWI, I now have a 'healthy weight' on the WII Fit And I can fasten my trousers.

Trucks - You bloody superstar you!! Well done! That is a fabulous post to read and has made me swell with pride for you, I can feel the sense of achievement you're feeling in your words, great work! xx

Framey - Good for you! Isn't it great when you can actually get into your jeans? Jeans have always been my bench mark when it comes to weight, way too tight = flabby sight, slide on well = hot as hell

Ruprekt - Nice work! Here, have some more

Purple - I have written a list of all the food DH has to eat to get it out of my sight so I can't be tempted!!

WELL DONE TO EVERYONE WHO IS LOSING OR MAINTAINING!

Planning is definitely the key to my success.... I've been living in Aldi, well, not literally, that'd be weird, but pretty much! Their fresh prawns, beef, chicken and pork steaks, quiche (cutting the crusts off), and cheeses are great, (which is good news for this little Mouse) everything is so low in price, it's fantastic.

Even the processed meats are good, they are lower carbs than most other places but they tend to be a last resort or as something different, like corned beef for example. I tend to cook a couple of chicken breasts, then have them sliced in the fridge, hard boiled eggs, cheese chunks, all ready cut, cold low carb sausages pre cooked and chopped up etc.... Pepperami are on offer in Morrisons atm, 5 packs are half price. I class them as a treat because they're processed.

Great for an emergency snack though.... Lots of salad and green veg, just a really good mix of foods, the more colourful my plate, the better I feel.

Aldi are good for nuts too, brazil, walnut, hazel etc.... not in the first part of BC but as you go on, they are much cheaper than anywhere else here.

Plus, Nemo is now at school doing full days so I can try and get to the gym, and very carefully get into a very gentle programme that my trainer set for me, I too have abs of steel, and I can actually see some tone and definition coming back! Plus my waist is getting more and more visible with each week that passes!!

We don't have a waitrose near to us, but I do check Morrisons for reduced fish that DH and I can have that day or freeze.

Now that Autumn is setting in, I'm looking forward to Sunday roasts again minus the gravy and spuds. I miss desserts though.... any ideas for low carb, warm puds? Aldi do instant hot choc drinks that aren't too high so if I crave a warm pudding, I've been having one of those.

Looking forward to weigh in tomorrow!!

TMI ALERT!

And, lastly (I promise, sorry for waffling on and on! ) has anyone else had, ahem, any emergency dashing to the loo incidents after eating something a bit spicy or bread (I caved to DH's delicious homemade garlic naan bread last night with his chicken curry), my first 'real' cave in and boy have I suffered!

My insides are now mainly in the loo and I had a terribly crampy, upset tummy all night, I thought it was the food I had last night given I've not had this dish for months, but wanted to ask you if anyone else has had this happen to them. I was horrid!! Utterly. 2.30am is not the time to be getting yourself cleaned up x a million and looking for clean PJs! Asking DH to look away so that I could sort myself out

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo horrific! Sorry for the TMI, I'm just curious as to see if I'm aloe in this experience?

I have just made leek and ricotta fritatta for lunch. Is currently cooling before I eat. If it is any good I will post the recipe. I have discovered 2 old Atkins recipe books, and they have some wonderful recipes in them.

Mouse my tummy is always a bit upset if I go off piste - although that sounds like a fairly horrific experience. Don't think I have ever been that bad.

I just want to say a big thank you to BIWI after a happy half hour trying on my old size 12 jeans that I haven't fit in to since 2011! Three months ago I was in size 16s. I could not have done it without all the encouragement and occasional stern words. And I certainly couldn't have done it on a standard low cal, low fat diet. So thank you thank you thank you to everyone who has held my hand, given recipe ideas, offered support and provided me with inspiration with your own weight loss stories.

DH is similarly happy now that he's back into his old size 30 inch jeans.

Seriously can't wait to start Bootcamping tomorrow to try and shift those last nine pounds to reach my target weight.

Thanks you guys I like the sound of leek and ricotta fritatta, yummy Eggs are so great, they hold my appetite for a long time. I had a mushroom and cheese omlette this morning and I wasn't hungry again until 2.

So, how can I reverse how I'm feeling.... I've had a cold low carb sausage and a slither of crustless quiche, small bowl of salad greens, couple of thin slices of cheddar, 5 hazelnuts, 1 square of 80% Lindt dark choc and 3 pints of water....

There is a roast chicken in the oven which I'll have 3 sprouts, a few bits of broccoli with, peppered and buttered (I hate sprouts but we're limited this week as DH is DIYing the kitchen and doing a fab job of ) no gravy or spuds, but I might put a blob of mayo on for my chicken. I just feel so sick.

I can't, I have to look after Nemo, and I have now been sick.... I've got to change his tube tapes and give it all a good clean, DH can't do it. I'll go to bed when Nemo does... I've got physio first thing...

Sorry for the sob story but I've gone right off the boil now... are we using the 'sign up' thread as the new one? When this is full? I'll go find it...

I suppose one good thing is I'll be lighter tomorrow for the weigh in! [very weak ]